Interfering composite asymmetric dark matter as explanation for DAMA and CoGeNT results

Eugenio Del Nobile, Chris Kouvaris, and Francesco Sannino
Phys. Rev. D 84, 027301 – Published 7 July 2011

Abstract

We provide a simple mechanism for reconciling the direct dark matter experimental results. We consider light asymmetric composite dark matter which scatters off nuclei via Higgs and photon exchange. We demonstrate that the interference between these two channels naturally accommodates the experimental results. We discover that this happens for a compositeness scale of the order of the electroweak. We also provide a model realization based on strong dynamics at the electroweak scale.

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  • Received 1 June 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.027301

© 2011 American Physical Society

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Eugenio Del Nobile, Chris Kouvaris, and Francesco Sannino

  • CP3-Origins and the Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

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Vol. 84, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2011

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